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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?
(a) Paul Davenport.
(b) William Smith.
(c) Daniel O'Connell.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

2. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What is the final line of Garrison's Preface (x)?
(a) "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS!"
(b) "FREE ALL THE SLAVES NOW!"
(c) "DEATH TO THE SLAVEHOLDERS!"
(d) "WE CAN FREE THE SLAVES NOW!"

4. What is the name of the main farm house that Colonel Edward Lloyd owned?
(a) Great House Farm.
(b) Lloyd Farm House.
(c) Lloyd Family Farm.
(d) Farm House of Lloyd.

5. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) 5.
(b) More than 20.
(c) More than 10.
(d) More than 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?

2. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?

3. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?

4. What does Douglass focus on describing in Chapter 3?

5. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?

2. What common practice upsets Douglass, according to his narrative in Chapter 1?

3. Who was Wendell Phillips?

4. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?

5. Why does Garrison make Douglass seem to be so important to the abolitionist movement?

6. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?

7. Why does Garrison's Preface seem somewhat like a religious sermon?

8. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

9. Who was Austin Gore? How is he described?

10. What does Douglass mention in particular about the slaves suffering in Chapter 2?

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